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India on Wednesday restored five-year e-tourist visa, suspended since March 2020, to nationals of 156 countries with immediate effect, according to officials.
Apart from that, the government of India has also announced that they will restore the old valid long duration (10 years) regular (papers) tourist visas for the US and Japan nationals with immediate effect.
Tourist visa facility was partially restored from October last year for foreigners who want to come here on chartered flights or on air bubble flights.
Regular international flights can operate with 100% capacity after the services resume on 27 March. The government had announced to do away with capacity restrictions on international flights as various stakeholders, including the civil aviation ministry and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), prepare the summer schedule for international flights for 2022.
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